Chris Bellman

Aug 15, 2024 | trackingangle.com | John Nowland |John Hanlon |Chris Bellman |Michael Fremer

yes, mostly for hardcore fansIt seems like the only notifications in my inbox that come more often than Democratic Party money begs are Warner Records announcements of new Neil Young Archive releases. It's hard to keep up and so many are so good. Very little filler. There are 198 tracks in the upcoming Archives Vol. III (1976-1987) and I'v been sorting through that, though there won't be vinyl. Understandable! This recent one deserves your attention if you're a true Neil and Crazy Horse fan.

Jun 26, 2024 | trackingangle.com | Chris Bellman |Michael Fremer

Indigos is but one example whyHi-Fi has long been very good to Duke Ellington, beginning in 1950 when long playing records and tape recording allowed him to finally deliver Masterpieces by Ellington an album of previously impossible to release to the home listening public, live concert length arrangements of his most popular and enduring compositions. Until then only attendees of his live concerts got to hear them.

Oct 22, 2023 | trackingangle.com | Chris Bellman |Michael Fremer

and corrected the spelling of "Ballantines" too!Following a decade's worth of Asylum albums almost all of which were produced and engineered by the great Bones Howe, and none of which were originally commercially successful but they sure did sound good, and over time the audiences caught up with what he was doing, Tom Waits self-produced his Island debut Swordfishtrombones.